| William Mason - 1811 - 516 Seiten
...mellifluous lay " " Cease, friendly swain ; " (Mus-sus cried, and raised his aching head) " ALL PRAISE IS FOREIGN, BUT OF TRUE DESERT ; " PLAYS ROUND THE HEAD, BUT COMES NOT TO THB " HEART. " Ah ! why recall the toys of thoughtless youth ? " When flowery fiction held the place... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...the grave ; 250 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round...but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs. 255 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 Seiten
...this is Wisdom.s part, This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance smells to Heav.n. All feme is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head,...but comes not to the heart ; One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 Seiten
...surely this is Wisdom's part, This is that incense of the heart, ' Whose fragrance smells to Heav'n. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round...but comes not to the heart ; One self-approving hour whole years outweigh* Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 Seiten
...the grave ; 250 When what t* oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round...but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years out-weighs 255 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas : And more true joy Marcellus exil'd... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...great indeed. What's fame ! a fanci'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, e'en before our death. All fame is foreign, but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart ; One self approving- hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas : And more true joy,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 Seiten
...begot : A heap of dust alone remains of thee : 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round...but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour, whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true jpy Marcellus exil'd feels,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 Seiten
...begot : A heap of dust aloue remains of thee ; -Tls all luou art, and all the proud skull bcr H2 Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes uot to the heart. One self-approving hour tvhole years outweishs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas... | |
| John Prior Estlin - 1818 - 430 Seiten
...proper mode of its operation, are well described by the poet in the following lines : " All praise is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not near the heart; One self-approving hour whole years outweighs, Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas... | |
| Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 Seiten
...were consign'd, Is hung on high to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Flays round the head but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And more true joy, Marcellus exiled feels,... | |
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